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A conveyor belt for traffic snakes across city

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A conveyor belt for traffic snakes across city

Date9/14/1968

Names

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: A conveyor belt for traffic snakes across city. Snaking across the northern areas of Toronto; the MacDonald-Cartier Freeway resembles a huge concrete conveyor belt as it performs its vital link in the cross-Canada highway system. This photograh; taken at the 12-lane intersection with Yonge St.; is one of a series of aerial views of the city taken by Star photographer

Subject

Express highways

Medium

Aerial photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008322F

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

East-west street:Highway 401 (MacDonald-Cartier Freeway)

North-south street:Yonge Street

Province or state:Ontario

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